Riley Eve Casey

A lot has happened. The last time I sat down and typed away at an update on Riley; we were still living in Mount Isa. That feels like a lifetime ago because so much has happened. Firstly we have settled into Mackay quite comfortably; we have been living here for 8 months and to this day I still have people ask us the question "Are you settling in okay?". The answer I want to give most times is "Yes we are all settled in; like the eight other times you asked this question before". But usually I reply with "Yes all settled in". The girls love it here too; they request to go the beach fairly often which is quite a feat considering that both of them had periods where they were deathly afraid of sand. Maybe the texture freaked them out? Jess even got a job as a nurse in the Cardiac Care Unit of the Hospital which was something she had dreamed of doing ever since she discovered Riley's condition. Mount Isa didn't have a unit like that for her to wo

It's been a year since I have written anything on here. Blame it on lack of material I guess which is most definitely a blessing. When your kid has gone through two open heart surgeries and the best you can come up with to write about is her obsession with the Trolls movie soundtrack then you know you are leading a pretty good life (except for having to listen to the Trolls soundtrack on repeat EVERY.... SINGLE.... DAY...). I guess the reason that I am writing this now is because it's Riley's birthday on Monday and she is turning three. Over the past month Facebook has been bringing up Facebook memories (you know the ones where it shows you embarrassing photos of yourself from years ago that you would rather not see again; maybe it's a reminder service to delete them); and it keeps going back to three years just before Riley was born. I remember being nervous, unsure and just holding onto my faith believing that God has got this. That everything would be okay. That Ri